FOXBOROUGH -- In one game with Tom Brady, Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan pulled in receptions of 43 and 63 yards, all but a handful of those yards coming with the ball in the air.

To compare: In 40 outings with Tom Brady, how many times did Randy Moss accomplish such a feat -- a catch 40+ yards and another of 60+ yards in the same game?

Just once.

Hogan is the first Patriots wide receiver to have multiple receptions of 40+ yards in a game since Brandon Tate in Week 17 of the 2010 season. And he's got to be the first Patriot to successfully dropkick a 40-yard field goal prior to a game in which he had two 40-yard catches.

"He's really good at it," said Pats wide receiver Danny Amendola, one of the lone witnesses to Hogan's dropkick field goal in warmups this past Sunday. "Very impressive."

Hogan, who was a restricted free agent with the Bills in the spring, is unlike New England's other receivers because he possesses long speed, an ability to stretch the field vertically. Asked Sunday if he can be the team's "deep threat," Hogan said, "If I get behind the guys and Tom sees it, I'm going to try to make some plays. I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day."

At the same time, Hogan is very much like the other Pats receivers because he is equipped with so many random athletic talents.

As you probably know, Hogan was a college lacrosse player at Penn State (music to Bill Belichick's ears) before he played a year of football -- on both sides of the ball -- at Monmouth. And before that, Hogan starred at Ramapo high school in northern New Jersey, where he played receiver, cornerback and, according to coach Drew Gibbs, was an "amazing, amazing left-footed punter" (which is basically Bon Jovi to Belichick's ears).

"I saw him punt last week or so," Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said. "And he punted the sh-- out of the ball."

Garoppolo says he has not yet seen Hogan throw the ball. Maybe he has and does not want to leak the potential for a trick play, because anybody who watched Hogan warm up with Amendola in Cleveland would agree: The guy can sling it.

If the Pats held a punt-pass-kick-sprint-lift-golf competition, Hogan would be the heavy favorite.

It is not unusual for NFL wide receivers to possess Type A and Type B athleticism. In Garoppolo's words, "any skill position guy, I've noticed, is usually pretty good with any other sport. Defensive guys, they just don't...that's why they're on defense."

Yet the 6-foot-1, 205-pound Hogan seems to be on the high end of the spectrum for both types. As his former teammate in Buffalo, receiver Marcus Easley, said, "It was hard to find something that he wasn't good at."

At his 2011 Pro Day, Hogan pumped out 28 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. For reference, hundreds receivers have participated in the NFL combine since 2011, and none have matched Hogan's total on the bench. Perhaps the number confused analysts attempting to project Hogan into the NFL. On Hogan's NFLDraftScout.com profile, he is listed as a fullback and a special teamer, not a wideout.

"I've worked with athletes from every single NFL team, all 32 teams," said Hogan's trainer, Mike Guadango. "I've worked with pro athletes for about 10 years now. Chris is probably the best athlete I've ever worked with."

Guadango has also spent time with Hogan outside of the gym.

"I went bowling with Chris one time and he made me want to cry because he talked so much sh--," Guadango said.

Also: "Play wiffle ball with him, as stupid as it sounds, he just barrels up the ball," Guadango said. "I had a former big league pitcher throwing, and he sh-- on us."

During his offseason with the Dolphins, in the spring of 2012, Hogan took up golfing. He lived across the street from the Bonaventure Golf Club in Weston, Fla., and he'd regularly wander over with a few teammates.

"He didn't even golf a lot," said former Dolphins offensive lineman Will Yeatman. "He just crushes the ball. And crushes it straight, too."

The group also played the Grande Oaks Golf Club, the site at which Caddyshack was filmed. At Grande Oaks, there was a drivable par 4. Hogan used to send it to the green off the tee, and finish with a long put for eagle.

"We kind of tagged him as that guy that's good at everything -- it doesn't matter if he's done it before or not," said Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore. "He's kind of got it."

On the football field, Hogan first received national attention when he was dubbed "7/11" by Dolphins running back Reggie Bush because he was "always open." When he got to Buffalo, he earned another moniker, only this one wasn't featured on Hard Knocks.

"Chris was given the nickname Mr. Accountable," Easley said. "He was always one of those guys, even though we weren't here in Buffalo, wherever he was training at back home in the offseason, we knew he was always going to come back in great shape."

Thus far, Hogan has played 78.5 percent of the Patriots' offensive snaps, fulfilling a bigger role in New England than he had in Buffalo. With the Bills, he never played more than 57 percent of offensive snaps in a given season. His pure speed has jumped off the screen, perhaps a surprise to fans. Belichick, though, long ago recognized that Hogan was a burner from watching him in the kicking game.

Even though Hogan's role in Buffalo was somewhat limited, the Bills took advantage of not only his straight-line speed, but his unique skill set; against Tennessee a year ago, Hogan took a handoff from LeSean McCoy on a reverse and completed a four-yard pass near the goal line to quarterback Tyrod Taylor. On the very next play, a 3rd-and-goal, Taylor hit Hogan for the game-winning touchdown.

See, nothing the guy can't do.

Well, except...

In Miami, Matt Moore regarded Hogan as "a hell of a ping pong player." In Buffalo, he was one of the better ping-pongers in the locker room, Easley said (although Easley himself does not play, so this is second-hand information).

In New England, he's facing a new level of competition.

"(Hogan) is better than a lot," Amendola said. "And you know, Julian (Edelman) has been very progressive in the ping pong world. He's been getting better. He sucked at first, but now he can compete."